For those in the know, Powerball at The Power Plant is a highly anticipated annual celebration. For the gallery’s 25th anniversary, Power Ball’s “Quarter Life Crisis” was a well-attended evening with 1,700 guests. Those in attendance read like a who’s-who of Canadian and Toronto socialite fame including Melissa Grelo, Mary Kitchen, Jian Ghomeshi, Tanya Kim, Rick Mercer. We spotted our own personal favourite musician, Clara Venice, who performed at our recent Local Artist event at ING. Looking forward to her…
We had an opportunity to interview Sandra Whiting, the co-Chair of the Gala and Performing Arts for the “Jamaica 50” celebration. The Jamaica 50 organization itself is 2 years old and started with the goal of celebrating Jamaica’s 50th anniversary of independence (1962 to 2012). Funds raised will help to pay tribute to Jamaica. Sandra Whiting says that Jamaicans have been in Canada since the 1700s with the Maroons followed by waves in the 50s and 60s. Jamaicans love Toronto…
To warm up for the MMVAs we were invited to the The Field’s MMVA Pre-Party at Tryst Nightclub, a star-studded event. DJ Heather Van Viper, Diva Girl Fitness, Classified and These Kids Wear Crowns were among those in attendance. Also, Karl Wolf chatted with us about his new album, Finally Free, which will be released on July 10, 2012. Bacardi cocktails were served, Corona was being handed out. Hypnotiq had tasty drinks as well. A little bit of rain didn’t…
Meet Kovak, voted Critic’s Choice at last year’s NXNE Festival by NOW Magazine: “Brighton, UK-based electro pop outfit Kovak played a dynamite set of smokin’ dance rock that just kept gathering steam with every song.” says Susan Cole, Now Magazine. We interviewed them today in the middle of a whirlwind 3-gig, 2-day NXNE tour, playing at 627 Studio and El Mocambo yesterday while getting ready for their performance tonight at The Mod Club opening for Platinum Blonde! We hope this…
At the Toronto harbour, Epic Cruises had a launch party for their newly-renovated River Gambler ship with special guest Kelly Gruber, of former Toronto Blue Jays fame. The lower level “Silver Lounge” seats up to 160 guests in one room, but the main feature is the Skyline Deck which Epic Cruises boasts is the largest open deck dance floor in the Toronto harbour. Appetizers that night included tomato with cheese, beef and red pepper skewers, shrimp skewers, chicken breast curry…